SpaceX’s Starship successfully launched from the company’s Starbase launch facility in Boca Chica, Texas. The test flight was more successful than its two predecessors, as the vehicle completed its full-duration ascent burn after the six Raptor engines powered it to its expected orbit. It demonstrated how it could be used for missions like delivering Starlink satellites into orbit. However, contact with the Starship spacecraft was lost shortly before its anticipated splashdown in the Indian Ocean. The last telemetry signals were received via Starlink from Starship approximately 49 minutes into the mission. SpaceX’s broadcast of the flight test ended about an hour after takeoff, with the last feeds from Starship showing what the external cameras experienced during reentry. Before the broadcast ended, commentators said, “We may have lost Starship,” after losing communication with the spacecraft.
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